Burnham would ‘probably’ have won by-election, says Powell February 28, 2026 Andy Burnham would have won the Gorton and Denton by-election, Labour’s deputy leader said as she called for the party to make more use of the Greater Manchester mayor. Labour fell to third in the previously rock-solid seat on Thursday, with the Greens winning a fifth seat in Parliament and Reform UK coming second. The [...]
City AM partners with SCALE expo for flagship event February 27, 2026 City AM has partnered with the SCALE expo and summit, a flagship gathering of founders, investors and business leaders at London’s Business Design Centre. The summit will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of April, connecting ambitious founders with London’s best capital, talent and tools. SME XPO was relaunched as Scale by Sam North [...]
London Broncos signs deal with Australian fintech OFX February 27, 2026 London Broncos have expanded their sponsorship portfolio, signing a deal with global financial operations company OFX. It comes as London Broncos, the only major English rugby league club south of the sport’s northern heartlands, seek promotion to the Super League having been acquired by an Australian consortium fronted by former Brisbane Broncos legend Darren Lockyer. [...]
The UK’s booming wine sector offers salaries of up to £150k February 27, 2026 Plumpton College has urged students and career changers to consider opportunities in the UK’s expanding wine sector as vineyard plantings and production continued to rise. To coincide with National Careers Week, the Sussex-based institution said demand for skilled professionals across viticulture, winemaking, business, marketing and hospitality had risen in line with industry expansion. The college, [...]
Investec awards East London coffee enterprise Well Grounded £60k grant February 26, 2026 Financial giant Investec has awarded £60,000 to social enterprise Well Grounded, which plans to create 10,000 career opportunities in the coffee sector in the coming decade. Well Grounded, based in East London, runs speciality coffee training programmes for jobseekers and has placed over 1,000 Brits into the industry so far. Unemployment rose to its highest rate in [...]
Household energy prices to fall by 7 per cent from April 1 February 25, 2026 The price most households pay for energy will fall by 7 per cent from April 1, driven by the Government’s promised £150 cut to the average bill, Ofgem said. The regulator’s price cap will drop from the current £1,758 to £1,641 – a reduction of around £10 a month for the average household using both [...]
Davey challenges Starmer on Trump tariffs February 21, 2026 The UK Government should sue US President Donald Trump for 100 billion dollars for the damage caused to the UK by trade tariffs, Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey has insisted. The Lib Dem branded Mr Trump the “most dangerous, damaging US president of modern times” as he welcomed a “brilliant” decision by the US [...]
Why regenerative agriculture is the key to a better human February 17, 2026 By Noam Bar CoFounder Ottolenghi & Kung Fu Mama, NED, Entrepreneur & Mentor I was sceptical the first time I visited a regenerative cattle farm – inside the M25, in the suburbs of north-west London. The farmer, Jonathan, talked with boundless conviction about changing the way we grow food and how regenerative agriculture will save [...]
Educating builders: Teaching entrepreneurship is good for the economy February 10, 2026 By Eduard Panteleev, Co Founder & Co CEO of ANNA Money One of the biggest issues with how we talk about business in the UK is that we rely on definitions that don’t make sense in real life. Take “small and medium-sized enterprises”, or SMEs, the term used to describe businesses with fewer than 250 [...]
Power skills, not just test scores February 2, 2026 By Olly Tress, Founder Oliver Bonas “I began my education at a very early age, in fact, right after I left college.” Winston Churchill We are living through a period of dramatic and accelerating change. Artificial intelligence, global interconnectivity, and rapid technological disruption are transforming the employment landscape, the economy, and the way we live. [...]
